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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Raven RX7 · San Dimas, CA · July 26, 1981

Date
July 26, 1981 · 07:30 local
Place
San Dimas, CA
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55672
Reported as
Raven RX7
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
58 total58 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Allowed balloon to drift into wires on takeof. Balloon then crashed through a patio roof. Pilot seriously burned.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED BALLOON TO DRIFT INTO WIRES ON TAKEOF. BALLOON THEN CRASHED THROUGH A PATIO ROOF. PILOT SERIOUSLY BURNED.